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  Classic works on Islam  
     
Sayyid Qutb In the Shade of the Qur'an - the now classic commentary on the Quran:
   
  Volume One Surahs 1-2;
Volume Two Surah 3;
Volume Three Surah 4;
Volume Four Surah 5;
Volume Five Surah 6;
Volume Six Surah 7;
Volume Seven, Surah 8;
Volume Eight Surah 9;
Volume Nine Surahs 10-11;
Volume Ten Surah 12-15;
Volume Eleven Surahs 16-20;
Volume Twelve, Surahs 21-25;
Volume Thirteen Surahs 26-32;
Volume Fourteen Surahs 33-39;
Volume Eighteen Surahs 78-114		    
  Shade of the Quran
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
     
         
Gibb, Kramer, et. al. eds., Encyclopaedia Dictionary of Islam and the Muslim World:
         
Volume One A-B;
Volume Two C-G;
Volume Three H-Iram;
Volume Four Khe-Mahi;
Volume Five Mahk-Mid;
Volume Six Iran-Kha;
Volume Seven Mif-Naz;
Volume Eight Ned-Sam;
Volume Nine San-Sze;
Volume Ten T-U;
Volume Eleven W-Z;
Volume Twelve, Supplement ;
Volume Thirteen Index		 Canadian Mosque  

First published in 1960 this remains an excellent scholarly source for information about Islam. This remains true even though some Muslims regard Gibb's other works as "glib."
 
     
   
Richard C. Martin   Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
         
English renditions of the Quran (Koran)      
     
George Sale   The Koran - this is one of the the earliest English versions
         
J. M Rodwel   The Koran - this is another rendition
         
Marmaduke Picthall   The Meaning of the Glorious Koran James Dickie, known as Yaqub Zaki, says this is the best English text.
   
         

Other helpful works:

      
         
Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Qur'an
       
         
     
         
     
       
   
         
 
         
         
         
         
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